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[Alyster]

* Agoraphobia is a form of anxiety disorder, the abnormal fear of expecting or experiencing a difficult or embarrassing situation from which the sufferer cannot find an escape. The word is an English adoption of the Greek words agora and phobos. Literally translated in modern Greek as "a fear of the marketplace".

 

http://www.hypnother...mmonphobias.htm

[Alyster]

I'm also terrified of snakes. Even in safe environment such as a zoo.  

Edited by Fagister, 24 March 2013 - 05:43 AM.

[Haflinger]

I'm phobic of needles.

[Redezra]

I dunno what I'm afraid of.

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

Agoraphobia is typically described as "fear of open spaces." 

 

I don't know that I have any fears that would qualify as a phobia.  Does fear of dying alone and unloved count? 

[The Dark Empire]

Anatidaephobia- The fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you

[*Anastasia]

TIL agoraphobia was not, simply, 'fear of open spaces'. My mother and the mainstream media lied to me my whole life. I don't know how I'll ever get over it.

Oh hey, I'm over it.

[rotty]

I fear everything Im not in total control over  

[*Anastasia]

I fear everything Im not in total control over  

lol rotty we know you're not Jorost

[PrinceVegeta]

I don't really fear anything. Something that seems scary to me is usually a chance to delve into something interesting, like death. Death could be quite interesting...I mean we don't know EXACTLY how that goes down so it could be a very vivid experience..or maybe nothing at all. Still, I see nothing scary about it though.

 

I wasn't raised to fear anything. I was always told to take any challenge head on, and without fear and that's what I did and keep doing. 

[ᗅᗺᗷᗅ]

Yeah "fear of open spaces" has always been a not-entirely-accurate characterization.  But it's difficult to explain exactly what agoraphobia means.  Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:

 

Agoraphobia (from Greek ἀγορά, "marketplace"; and φόβος/φοβία, -phobia) is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment as being difficult to escape or get help. These situations include, but are not limited to, wide-open spaces, as well as uncontrollable social situations such as may be met in shopping malls, airports, and on bridges.

 

That's actually about the best I've seen.  It's similar to claustrophobia in that the victim feels trapped, although the causes are very different.

 

Statistically speaking, the odds that anyone here has an actual phobia are pretty low.  Real phobias are not common.  We tend to use the word "phobia" too much.  I am not afraid of heights, but I would be VERY afraid if I were standing on a ledge on the fiftieth floor of a skyscraper, for example.  But that's an appropriate reaction to the situation.  I dislike tight spaces, but I would not describe myself as claustrophobic.  True, clinical phobias are irrational and all-consuming.  They can ruin people's lives.  It's really quite sad.

[Imperial Sparta]

When I was younger I used to be uncomfortable with closed spaces and heights. One day I decided I didn't want these things to control the way I lived my life, so I dealt with both of them in a way that made me have to face them. For claustrophobia, I got into a relatively medium sized chest and put a bunch of things on top of me as I closed the chest and had a friend put a heavier box on it to keep me from getting out. After being in there for a few hours, it became more boring than anything else. With heights, I was rappelling down a cliff and decided to turn myself upside down and hold myself there for 30 minutes. The guy who was at the top that was holding me in place thought it'd be funny to let me drop about 15 feet. Afterwards I felt I still was too uncomfortable with heights so when I got to the top of the cliff again to go down it, I decided to jump off of it this time and try to run down the cliff "James Bond style." When I jumped off, it was cool at first, until I didn't account for the laws of physics and ended up getting a face full of rocks when  my face hit the side of the cliff while I was upside down. I still don't like heights or closed spaces, but it's not where I'll try and avoid it if I'm in a situation where I have to deal with it.

 

 

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[The Dark Empire]

I was afraid of doing backflips so I Yolo'd it and did one on my trampoline, now I do them all the time, just the other day I had a yolo moment and did a front flip of a picnic table. The thing with fear is that you just have to yolo it and deal with it.

[Imperial Sparta]

OLOY: Only Losers Obey Yolo.
 
 
 
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[*Anastasia]

[Haflinger]

Being phobic isn't like being afraid. Fear is a rational thing. When you have a phobic response it's more just like being incredibly uncomfortable. You get sort of completely panicky and need to get away from the thing that is stimulating the phobic response at all costs. It's more like the basic, visceral, fight or flight combat response.

 

Also what Jor said. B)

[Jon32492]

I don't really have any phobia that would qualify on one of the choices above. I mean, maybe mildly afraid of spiders, but that's not gonna stop me from getting the fly swatter and killing the son of a bitch. Unless it's big enough to catch the fly swatter and rip it out of my hands like the ones in south america, but I don't worry about those around here. lol. What I consider to be a phobia of spiders is like my mom who would see even the smallest of spiders and freak out and run away and demand we go kill it now. 

 

So since my answer would really be none of the above, I'm gonna answer for my girlfriend who is here with me now. lol.

[Redezra]

#YOLO, #YOLOSwag, #Swag

 

 

also I lurb snakes :3

[Manoka]

Anatidaephobia- The fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you

[Manoka]

Homophobia and Hobophobia.

 

Those hobos are everywhere.